21 May 2010, 3:14 pm
QUINCY -- Tea Party activists rallied at the American Legion Post 95 here this evening in favor of legislation that would bar illegal immigrants from receiving state benefits. An independent poll this month found that 70 percent of Massachusetts voters -- including most Republicans and more than half of the Democrats -- support a GOP proposal that failed in the House in April. Only 17 percent opposed it and the rest were unsure. In late April, the Democrat-controlled House narrowly defeated a proposal by state Representative Jeffrey D. Perry, a Sandwich Republican, that would have required anyone receiving public benefits to be verified first by a federal program. Perry said he wanted to bar illegal immigrants from gaining access to public housing, unemployment benefits, welfare, or workers compensation, especially during a tight budget year. State Representative Daniel K. Webster, a Republican of Pembroke who filed his own immigration legislation leading up to the rally, said recent events show that Massachusetts should do a better job cracking down on illegal immigration. He pointed to recent examples: Two Pakistani men detained last week in connection with the investigation into the attempted Times Square bombing were arrested on immigration violations. In addition, President Barack Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango, lived for years in public housing in Boston in defiance of a deportation order. Onyango successfully reopened her case in December and won asylum this week. http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/05/tea_party_rally.html who does not have a license, registration, inspection, or insurance in Texas they also steal license plates off cars... Read More »
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